Jen Smith

In 1987, Jenny was selected into the gymnastics program at the Western Australian Institute of Sport at the age of seven. She trained for 9 years to reach her ultimate goal of representing Australia at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. After coming out of a two year retirement and competing at the 1999 World Championships, Jenny unfortunately suffered an injury at the 2000 Olympic trials and she retired again to concentrate on her studies. Jenny then became involved in amateur boxing while completing her PhD and qualified for the 2010 World Championships, where she gained a world ranking of 9th in the light flyweight division. After retiring from boxing, Jenny was introduced to the world of CrossFit in 2011. She started training at Southern CrossFit in Perth and 6 months later was competing as part of a team in the 2011 CrossFit Games. Jenny is now honoured to be part of the CrossFit Gymnastics coaching team and involved in building further appreciation of gymnastics as a pillar of performance in the CrossFit community.